Waffle-machine



F. A. SELL.

WAFFLE MA'CH'INE. APPLlcMloN FILED ocT.29. 1920.

Patented NOV. 1, 1921.

Sell

F. A. SELL..

WAFFLE MACHINE,

ApPucATloN man ocT. 29. 1920.

1,395,930. Patented Nov. 1, 1921.

,. 2 SHEETS-SHEET 2- FRANK A. SELL, OF PORTLAND OREGON.

WAFFLE-MACI-IINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

'Application filed October 29, 1920. SerialNo. 420,457.

To all whom t may concer/n.' Y

Be it known that I, F RANK A. SELL, a citizen of the United States,residing at Portland, in the county of'Multnomah and State of Oregon,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in a VValile-Machine;and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theartto which it appertains to make and use the same.

The object of the invention is to provide a comparatively simple andefiicient apparatus for cooking waflles without necessitating theturning of the waflie iron and hence under such conditions as tomaterially expedite the operation of preparing` the waffles, it beingunderstood that the device is especially 'designed for use in thoseestablishments such as hotels and restaurants where waffles are preparedin large quantities or must be prepared quickly in order to promptlyfill orders; and with this object in view the invention consists in aconstruction and combination of parts of which a preferred embodiment isshown in the drawings, wherein:

Figure 1 is a side view of an apparatus embodying the invention.

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of the same.

Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view on the plane indicated by the line3-3 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a horizontal section on the plane indicated by the line 4-4 ofFig. 2.

In the drawings it has been deemed suicient to show a single unit of theapparatus embodying the invention with the explanations that any desirednumber of such units may be used in a battery for attention by the sameoperator if required, to suit the demand of the establishment, said unitconsisting essentially of an oven 10 provided at opposite sides withlongitudinal tracks 11 for the support of a walile iron 12, upper andlower burner tubes or equivalent heating units 13 and 14 being arrangedrespectively above and below the plane of the tracks for applicationl ofheat simultaneously to the upper and lower sides ofthe waffle iron.Preferably the top of the oven is provided with the downwardlyconvergent battle plates 15 meeting adjacent to the upper burner orheating unit, with steam and smoke outlets 16 at the upper edgesthereof, and where gas is used as the fuel the upper burner tube isPatented Nov. 1, 192.1.

provi-ded with downwardly and outwardly directed orifices 17 so as toproject the flame in such directions, indicated by the arrows 1n Fig. 3as to cause the heat to impinge effectively upon the upper side of thewaliie iron to insure a substantially equal application of heat to boththe upper and lower surfaces and thus to cook the waffle equally on bothsides without necessitating the turning thereof or removal of the ironfrom the oven after it has been inserted thereinto.

The furnace may be provided with a forj wardly projecting rest 18 toreceive and support the iron when withdrawn from the oven so as topermit of the raising of the upper section 19 of the arms to expose andpermit the removal of the waliie, a stop 20 being arranged at theforward edge of said rest to limit the forward movement of the iron.

Also the front of the oven may be provided with a suitable draftregulator 21.

The iron preferably consists of lower and upper sections or membershinged as indicated at 22 with the upper member provided with a handle23 by which it may be raised to expose the waffle, and the lower memberof the iron is provided with transverse front and rear bars 24 forterminal engagement with the tracks l1 to support the iron in itsmovement into and out of the oven.

The joint by which the upper and lower sections of the iron areconnected consists of the twin ears 25 on one section between which isinterposed the ears 26 of the other section, and a hinge pin 27, whichextends through a slot 28 in one of the ears so as to permit of upwardmovement of the upper section of the arm as the waiiie rises. A stud 30on the upper section of the arm is adapted for engagement with a seat 31to prevent disalinement of the hinge members as the sections separate,and at the front or free end of the upper section are provided studs 32for engaging seats 33 in the cross bar 24 for a similar purpose. In theconstruction illustrated the waffle iron'is made of elliptical form inplan as being the most economical in the matter of space occupied, thelonger axis of the ellipse being disposed longitudinally of the oven sothat when a plurality of oven units are arranged side by side, thelateral space occupied may not be such as to cause inconvenience to asingle operator in attending to or serving a plurality of said units.

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Having thus described the invention, what most heating means, and ventmeans ar- I claim is ranged in the top wail of the casing between Awaiie machine comprising a casing havthe bafies and the side walls ofthe casing. ing an opening in its side wall, a waie iron 1n testimonywhereof I afix my signature 5 siidably mounted n the casing and capablein presence of two witnesses.

of beino moved out of said casing by way of i the opetning, heatingmeans arranged above FRANK A" SELL and below the waffle iron, downwardlycon- Witnesses: verging baies carried by the top wall of the GEO. WV.KEER,

10 casing and terminating adjacent the upper- W. L. HoR'roN.

